Bosom-shirt construction



c. w. HUTCHINSON BOSOM SHIRT CONSTRUCTICN Sept. 21 1926.

Filed Nova 9,1925

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS CHARLES Will/raw 301v Patented Sept. 21, lQZGQ I I rY Y Q fZABLE W= stresses, or' swyosi 311 Y- emet ie e r ce iei file N mbr a se al No 57,941.

, This invention relates to garments and the lower portion of the shirtwith the has particular reference we r-rain improve front edges inopened condition. f n' ents in the construction of inens'stiff Rererngrq the lraw-ing bycharactersof bosom dress shirts. i reference,lddesignatesthe body of the 60 5 Stiff bosom dress shirts as nowcommonly shirt, including the usual neckband11'; yoke constructed havethe bosoms "stitohed "or 12 and sleeves 13, the body havingtheusu'alotherwise secured to the body of the shirt overlapping inner'an l' outerfront edges 14 completely around the marginal edgesof and '15. Thebosom'inoludes theinner and V the bosom, and in practice whenconstructed outer overlapping sections" 16 and '17,- the 65 in thismanner they req en to thejobjeclatter be'ng secured'by a line ofstitching tion of the tendency-of the bosom to break 1 8 to thsiiiner'margm"or the outeredge' or buckle when the wearerjassumesa sitof theshirt body 10, "said line; of stitching ting posture. Furthermore, andespecially terminating an" appreciable distance above in ready mad eshirts, it is impossible to detlie lower end" of the bosom section.."The 15 vise a standard size of bosom which will upper edgesofthe'bosom are secured {reproperly fit the wearer with an appreciablesp'ctively-"by lines'ofstitohing' 19 and 2Q. to degree of comfort, andthis in addition to theneclrband and yolrefivhi le the remaining thedifficulty generally experienced in'butfree marginal edges of the bosomsection are toning' the" shirt or applying the studs free from the shirtbody; 1' Y V 5 thereto," 'The bosom and edge 15' adjacent their ordertoovercome the above-recited dispoints of securement' by thelineofstitching' advantages and objection the present in- 18, "areformed with butto nh'o-les 21 worked .ention comprehends as itsprincipal object completely through the bosomsection and a stiff bosomdress shirt construction of the ed e 15.] The inner bosom section16 is80 either the coattyple'orrearbutton type, in secured by a lineofstitching'QQ to the inner which the side and lower edges of the bosommargin of th'e' i'niier overlapped edge l i 'of are free from theflexible body of the shirt the shirt body, which line of stitchingterand in which said bosom is secured only ininates anappreciabledistance above the along'a substantially medial line to thecenlower endof the bosom' 'sec'tion and 'which ter of the front of theshirt body and at its extends to the neckband 11. upper edges to theneokband and yoke. V The upper edges of the bosom section 16 Theinvention furthermore oomprehends are secured respectively by lines ofstitcha stiff bosom dress shirt construction which ing 23 and 2 1 to theneckband and yoke, is comparatively simple, highly efficient in whilethe remaining marginal edges are free '35 its purpose, and which, ifanything, effects from the shirt body. The bosom section 16 asubstantial economy in the manufacture has buttonho-les25 workedtherethrough adof shirts of this haracten jacent the H118 Of stitching22,'b11t1 b1111- Nith the above recited and other objects tonholes arenot worked through the edge in view, reference is had to the following14 of the shirt body. 95

40 specification and accompanying" drawings, To ensure the properoverlapping relation I in which there is exhibited one example or of thebosom sections :16 and 17 at their embodiment of the invention which isin no lower free ends and to permit them in such way int nd d as alimitati n upon the scope relation to pass over the outer surface of theof the appended claims as it is to be clearly trousers, the inner edgeof the body member 1 r understood that variations and modifications 15is cut out on a re-entrant curve from the which properly fall within thescope of said lower end of the stitching which secures claims may beresorted to when found exit to the bosom sectlon 17 while the compedient. I panion edge of the body member 14 is made In the drawing witha complementary mating extension, as 105 v Figure 1 is a front view of ashirt conillustrated more plainly in Figure 3; the

struoted in accordance with the invention; width of the cut out shouldbe not less than Fig. 2 is a horizontal fragmentary secthe width ofthe'overlapof the bosom sectional view therethrough taken. approxitions;I v mately on the line indicated at 2 2 in From this construct on it isobvious that 110 Fig.1; r inpractice the shirt body will hold, and VFig. 3 is a fragmentary inside View of maintain the bosom in properlyapplied posiedge "of the '-",free from the body, the outermostoverlapped" section having buttonholes extending tion hile theflowerfendof the bosom secling of the bosom as is the case where the side edges ofthesame are stitched to the 7 body; 1

It, is Will further be noted that the application" and buttoning of thestuds is greatly facilitated due to the fact thatthe handmay be insertedbetween the bosom section 16 and the shirt body from thesideedge tomanipulate the button or stud.

WVhat is-clainied is: 1. In a dress shirt construction, a flexible bodyand a stifi bosom including a pair of sections, each section secured atits inner edgetoan overlapped edge of the front of 'the body and at itsupper edge to the neckba-nd of the shirt with the outer side innermostbosom section through the same and through the shirt body adjacent itsjuncture Withthe bosom and the innermost overlapped section havingbuttonholes extendingonly through said bosom section to facilitate thebuttoning of the studs by the insertion of the hand he tween-the bosomand shirt body from the free side edge of the innermost bosom sec- 2.1Adress shirt construction including a flexible body of the coat typehaving overlapping front edges and relatively stiff bosom sectionshaving their upper edge portionssecured to the overlapped edges of theshirt-body by stitching extending from points above the lower ends ofthe'bosom sections to the'neckband and having their upper edge portionssecured to the neck? band of the shirt, the remaining marginal edges ofthe innermost bosom section being free, the outermost bosom section andoverlapped edge of theshirtbody having buttonholes Worked completelytherethrough and the innermost bosom section having buttonholes Workedthrough said bosom sec- 1tiiop only, as and for the purposes speciec. r

3. A dress shirt construction including a flexible body of the coat typehaving over- 1 lapping front edges and relatively stiff bosom sectionssecured to the-overlapped edges of the shirt body by'stitching extendingfrom points above the lower ends of the boiom'sections to the neckbandof the shirt,

theedge portion of the outermost body sec 7 tionbeing cutaway fromapproximately the lower end of the stitching securing the re spectivebody and bosom sections-together, and the other body section having acomplementary matingextension, whereby to ensure proper overlappingrelation of the bosom sections and to permit theclower free ends of suchsections in such overlapped relation to pass outwardlyover the outersurface of the trousers, as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES WI ,no'roninson.

